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Reservoir Cook-Stove.

' Patented .lune 8, 1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT s OFFICE.

ROBERT GALBRAITH, OF GREEN ISLAND, ASSIG'NOR TO THE N. S. VEDDER PATTERN WORKS, OFTROY, NEW YORK.

RESERVOIR COOK-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,454, dated June 8, 1880.

Applicatiouiiled March 5,1880. (No model.) r

To all whom it may concer/it of Green Island, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented "certain Improvements in Reservoir Cook-Stoves, of which the following is a speci'lication.

My invention relates to improvements in reservoir cook-stoves of the kind having a rear top pot-hole plate immediately over a heatingiiue space and a Water-reservoir fitting upon said rear top plate and adapted to be removed from the potholes therein, so as to permit' the pot-holes to be used for other purposes.

The principal objects of my iiniiirovements are, first, to provide means whereby the waterreservoir can be turned oii" in a horizontal plane from over the pot-holes in the rear top plate about a center at one side of the stove and at one front corner of the reservoir; sec- '0nd, to provide means whereby the reservoir can be firmly attached at its two front corners to the side parts of the stove when the reservoir shall be over the pot-holes in the rear top plate, and shall be adapted to be swung off horizontally to the right side and to the left side of the stove from over said potholes, and to be entirely detached from the stove; third, to provide a removable side extension of said rear pot-hole plate to help support the reservoir when the latter shall be turned ol from over the pot-holes in that plate; fourth, to form the reservoir of an inner vessel and an outer casing supporting the bottom of the vessel, and open lior the passage of hot air or gas from the space Linder the rear pot-hole plate, through the pot-holes therein, and into a space between the walls of the vessel and its casing; and, iinally, to` provide means for hinging and securing the casing to the stove. y

I attain these objects bythe means repre sented in the accompanying drawings, in whichi i f i Figure l is a perspective view of a cookstove having a rear lowdown pot-hole plate with a Water-reservoir resting thereon, and secured by hinge-joints at its front corners to the adjacent side parts of the stove. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ot' the same reservoir cook-stove with the reservoir turned oit' from over the potholes in the rear top plate and about the hinge at one front corner of the re's ervoir, the pivot-pin of the hinge at the other front corner being removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a portion ofthe same with the reservoir in the position shown in Fig. l, at the line z z in Figs. 5, 6, a-nd 10, and elevation of some parts in rear ot' that line, the pivot pin of one hinge only being inserted. Fig. 4 shows a vertical section ofthe same at the line y .y in Figs. 5 and 6 when the reservoir is composed of an inner vessel for water and an outer casing. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section of the saine at the line @o .r in Figs. 3, ll, and 6, and plan of some parts below that line. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the same at the line w to in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. Fig. 7 is a plan of the under side of the reservoir when composed of the outer casing and vessel therein. Fig. 8 shows a detached plan and edge view of a removable annex to the rear pot-hole plate. Fig. 9 is a view of one of the removable pivot-pins of the hinges by which the reservoir is secured to the stove. Fig. 10 is a central longitudinal vertical section of the rear portion of the saine reservoir cook-stove shown in Figs. l and 2 Whenlthe reservoir consists merely of'a watertight vessel or chamber.

Like letters rei'er to similar parts in the dit ferent figures.

A is the main top potfhole plate, and B is a rear low-downpot-hole plate immediately over a iire-iiue space, C, essentially thev same as in various cook-stoves made before my invention. ln Fig. 2 the pot-holes in the plate B are closed by removable covers a a', and in Figs. 4C, .-"i, 6, and 10 the same pot-holes b are shown open. v

E is the Whole water-reservoir, which has its bottomiiat or shaped to fit closely upon the rear plate, B, and cover the pot-holes therein, and with its front side, s, opposite and close to the upper rear end plate, r, of the stove. The reservoir E to consist oi a simple water tight vessel or chamber, as shown in section in Fig. l0, or of an outer casing, E, preferably of cast-iron plates, and an innerI watertight vessel, D, preferably of sheet metal, an example being shown in section in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

In order that the Whole water-reservoir may ICO 2, to permit the pot-holes to be used .for or-` dinary culinary purposes, I secure one front corner part of rthe reservoir to the adjacent side part of the stove by means of vany suitable'known kind of 'hinge or pivot Joint.-

In the drawings this joint is shown, as I commonly prefer, composed of a stronglug or lugs, cor c', fast on one outer front corner part of the reservoir, and a corresponding lug or1 lugsor projecting parts, fZ-ord, fast on the adjacent side part of the stove, and a pivotpin, f, Fig. 9, inserted through corresponding perforations g through the two halves c d or c d offtheihinge,essentially as indicated in Figs.

g ings m inthe bottom of the casing will per- 2, 3, and 5.

In the reservoir cook-stove represented =in. the drawings the twoouter frontcorner parts i :ofithe reservoir have fastthereon vthe twofhalfhinge'partsc and c', and thetwo side parts of thestove have the correspon ding other two halfhinge parts-6l and d' -fast thereon, so that when i thereservoir is upon the -rear pot-'hole plate,

B,.as shownfin Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and l0,with

two pivot-pins, f, inserted through .fthe-coincidingfperforations g in the two vpairs-of halfhinges, the reservoirwill be therebyrmly se-r cured atits two front corners'to the `two side parts'of `the stove, for stable use on the rear pot-hole plate when the stove shall 'be used in boats or vessels or inrailwaycars. Also, `by

havingonlyfone pair of the half-hinges, cld,-or.

the other pair, c d', united by a pivot-pin, f, as indicated in Figs. 2, 3, or 5, the reservoircan then 'be turned off from overthe pot+holesin the plateB about the hinge havingthe pivotpin therein, and thereby supportedat one side ofthe stove, as yshown in Fig. 2, or at the other side, asindicatcdby dotted lines atEZin Fig. 5, so asito'permit the rear potfhole plate, B, to be used with the vleast lpracticable inter.-

'ference from the turned-oft' reservoir, according to the different positions in whichthe stove Also, upon removing the pivot-pins from'both ofthe hinges the whole reservoir can be :freely taken oft from-the lrear potihole plate, LB, and used on the-mai11=potl1ole plate A of thestove.

To :provide temporary additional support for=the reservoir when the same shall'be turned off from over the pot-holes in the plate 2B, I

:provide an extension-piece, F, detachably secured-at that side edge of the plate lB over which 'the reservoiris turned'off, and withthe plane of the upperA surface of the rear pot-hole' :plate `so that the turned-oft' reservoir shall .restrupon saidv extension-piece.

The :part .1F is detachably secured to the stove orplate B by any suitable means.

turneddown side-edge parts of the plate B y-with socket-apertures h, Fig. 5, and the partk ForA -that purpose I commonly prefer lto'inake the Adownside lparts of the lplate 'B,`substantially as shown by Figs. 4 and 5.

When the reservoir is composed of the in- Vner vessel, D, and outer casing, E', the latter is preferably made, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and .7,fof-enougl1' greater-width and length internallythan the .exterior of the vessel D to thereby form a space,`G, between the walls j of the vessel and the walls 7c of its casing. Thebottomfoffthe casing E is also preferably made with a part or parts, l, extending under `-the vessel D, and withan opening or openingsym, all shaped and a-rranged so-tha-t while the part or parts l shall support the bottom u of thevessel and keep the latter from contact with the pot-hole plate B in sliding the casing to and fro on that plate the openingvorlopen- .mit the'hot air orgas to rise and pass from the space Gfthrough the :pot-.holes b into-contact withthe bottomof vthe vessel D'and into the space G, vand there in contact with the walls j of the'vessel, essentially as `indicated :in Figs. 41and'6.

The easing E has the two half-hinges@ o fast onits tw'o front corners, and preferably has its top ozfast lto its walls 7c `and formed with internal ledges, yp, in which-can rest-:the rim of thevessel 'D and the removable cover H, so that upon lifting off the l cover the vessel D can be drawn out of the casingfor cleaning and 4to permit thefinsertion`V of another ves sel.

The stove with thecasing E hinged at one front corner to one side partof the stove, can :be made and sold'without the Vessel D, and can thus be used to warm, fheat, bake, and vcook food in any suitable :known kind of pan or vessel placed in that easing, to which-proper different degrees of heat can beimpartedfrom the plate Bby turningzand thereby adjusting thefhinged casing E more orless over-aud-otf from thatheatingfplate.

AI am aware that prior'to my inventioniportable'devices Jforfuse on lthe lpot-hole;plateof a cook-stovehave been madewith an inner Vwater-holding vessel and an outer easing-.open `at-its bottomK and surrounding and supporting `theiinner Vessel,with a -space for thecirculaetionzof heatedair or gases fromithe ilue under the potholeplate through the lp ot-holes and =into the space betweenfthe walls of thevessel vand itscasing; and :I do not vclaim that'construction.

I am also aware that before my present inA vention reservoir cook-stoves having a pothole plate in rear ofthe yvexitfpipe, and lower than the main pot-hole plate, and immediately over a ireflue space, have 'had la removable water-reservoirfitting upon said rear potihole plate and around and over the-pot-holes therein, and with the front side of the yreservoir close to the upper rear plateof the stove,fand ythatvin some such stoves the-waterreservoir has been composed of anfouter casingopen at the middle part of ts'bottom and containing a removable Water-vessel, without any space IOO IOS

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cook-stoves have been made with a water-reservoir hinged to turn horizon tally upon the top pot-hole plate, and with the reservoir hinged at the middle of one of its sides about the pipe collar, so that the reservoir could be turned horizontally around the pipe-collar and oft'to the rear of the stove from over the pot-holes; and I do not claim anything embraced by such reservoir cook-stoves.

I also know that before my invention stoves have been made with removable shelves detachably secured by lugs fitting in sockets in the turned-down side-edge parts ofthe pothole plate; and I do not claim that feature.

Also, prior to my invention a cooking-stove or rangehad been devised with a lire-box in the middle of its front part and with two water-reservoirs, one adjoining either side of the lire-box, in the front corners of the stove or range, and immediately beneath iire-iiues under a top pot-hole plate, and with the two water-reservoirs separately secured at their outer rear corners by hinges to the sides of the stove or range, so that water couldl not be poured into and dipped out of the reservoirs when they were thus directly under the fireiiues and in the places where they were to be heated, and so that water could be poured into and dipped out ot' the reservoirs only when they were swung' on their hinges out from under the tire-lines and away from the places where they were to be heated; and I do not lclaim anything embraced in such a stove or range.

Also, before my invention a cook-stove had a main top pot-hole and over the lire box a lower pot-hole plate, upon which latter was a raised partial casing composed oi" `a top plate, two end plates, and a front plate only, all hinged together and secured by a hinge at one rear corner to one side of the stove, so that the partial casing could be swung off from over the said lower pot-hole plate. 'Ihat partial casing was entirely open at one side, and therefore could not fully incase a water-vessel, and did not have in its top any opening through which a water-vessel could be inserted and removed, or through which water could be poured into and dipped out ol' a vessel in such casing, and did not have any bottom or other means whereby a water-vessel could be supported and swung oli' laterally by and within the partial casing from over the pot-hole plate; and l do not claim anything' embodied in that construction;

What I claim as my invention is l. The combination, with a stove having the rear top pot-,hole plate, B, and a heatingline immediately under that plate, of the water-reservoir, itting upon that plate and over the pot-holes therein, and movable thereon, and hinged at one front corner part ofthe reservoir to one side part of the stove', substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a stove having the rear pot-hole plate and removable reservoir fitting upon said plate, of the two pairs ot' halfhinges c c' and d d', fast on the two front corners of the reservoir and on the two side parts of the stove, respectively, and adapted to be connected by removable pivot-pins, all substantially described and shown.

3. The combination, with a stove having the rear pot-hole plate and .thereon themovable wa- V ter-reservoir hinged at one front corner to one side part of the stove, of the removable extension-.piece F, detachably secured to the stove and helping to support the reservoir when the latter'is turned offfrom over the pot-holes onto said extension-piece, all substantially asilescribed. y

4. The combination, with a stove having a rear pot-hole plate, B, over a heating-line space, C, ot' a water-reservoir consisting ofthe inner vessel, D, and the outer casing, E', containing said vessel and supporting its bottom and fitting and movable to and fro on said pot-hole plate, with a space, G, between the walls of said vessel and its casing, and the bottom of the casing being open for the-passage of heated air or gas from the space() into the space Gr, all substantially as described and shown.

5@ The combination, with a stove having a rear pot-hole plate, B, over a heating-flue, G, of the movable casing E', fitting on said plate over the pot-holes therein, hinged at one front corner to one side of the stove, and having walls k on all sides, a top openingthrough which a water-vessel, D, can be inserted and removed, and a bottom, l, with opening in for supporting the bottoni of the water-vessel and permitting contact therewith ot' heated air or gas from the stove, all substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination, with a stove having a rear pot-hole plate, B, and the removable casing E', iitting upon said plate and formed to receive, contain, and support a removable vessel, substantially as described, of the two pairs of half-hinges c c' and d d', fast on the'two iront corners of said casing and on. the two side parts of` the stove, respectively, and adapted to be connected by removable pivotpins, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand,

in the presence ot two subscribing witnesses,l

this 2d day of March,.1880.

ROBERT GALBRAITH,

Witnesses y ALPHONSE Premian, AUSTIN F. PARK,

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